Im wanting to use my stock centercaps with these wheels.


Any tips and or tricks?

 

Which caps? the snap on or screw in style?

 

The screw in ones

 

You COULD, center, and mark things out, drill out some holes...And order the nylon inserts from LMC, and then you can use the factory centercaps...

 

Nylon inserts eh? Can anyone tell my quickly what thread the bolts are?

 

The nylon inserts are for aluminum wheels. You'd want some clip nuts for a steel wheel.
The screws are FORD part # 389465-S45. They are 1/4-20 thread, with a special tapered head on them.

 

Don't think clip nuts would work where the back is the mounting surface for the rim..

 

Just set the cap on the wheel, mark it, then drill and tap, or maybe a nut? Even after all my years as a tire monkey, I can't recall what the backs of those look like, and if your aftermarket wheel will accommodate a nut or if it will have to be tapped. Either way, you will want to use the ford screws at all costs, as they are specially tapered to fit that cap, anything less may cause the caps to rattle.

 

The factory wheels had a little raised spot for the screws

 

My friends and I have considered doing this, but weren't sure if it would work or not. Something we did notice on some wheels is that the overall diameter of the cap can be a bit larger than the area on the wheel.

 

As you can see, not only was the area where the lugs bolt up raised, the area where the screws go was raised further, even further accommodating the cap screws. The aftermarket wheels are pretty much flat, so there would be no place for the cap screw to go through to. If you could find a threaded sleeve, tack those in to position., then shorten the screws as not to go through the wheels, you could do that, but seems like a lot of work for a combination that isn't exactly golden.

 

So then I should just buy a set of the caps made for the wheels? I was hoping for the factory ones lol

 

LMC truck has 4x2 and 4x4 center caps for $4.95 each...

 

I have 2 sets of factory ones. I just got looking at the new rims and I should be able to just tap holes. And get 1.5/2 threads out of it before the bolt sticks out. In just going to tap the holes , thread the screws in tight (with a bit of loctite to stop them from comming loose) and grind them of flush on the backside. These runs have the 4.25" hub center so it Would look funny without the caps. It should work for me

 

im going to do that with my new wheels. let me know how it turns out